“You know her?”
I tear my eyes away. “Yeah. She’s one of the Storm girls from Wildhaven Storm Ranch.”
“That the trainer you were talking about? The one who works with Ruby?”
“Yeah,” I say again, then take a long pull from my beer.
“Damn. No wonder you rush off on lesson days.”
Cabe appears at the bar a few minutes later. I clock him immediately. He spots me, too, and veers over.
“Well, look who it is,” he says. “How’d you manage a night out without Ruby?”
I grin. “Good to see you too, Cabe,” I say. “And she and her nana are having a girls’ night.”
“So are we,” he says as we shake hands.
I introduce him to Allen and Seth. Cabe nods politely.
“You’re part of a girls’ night out?” I ask, amused.
“Yep. Caison too,” he says. “And Bryce.”
I blink. “Caison?”
“Yeah.”
“And Matty?”
Cabe lifts a brow. “Yeah. Why?”
“Nothing,” I say. “Just didn’t think this would be Matty’s scene.”
He chuckles. “Soused Cow Matty and ranch manager Matty are two different animals. You should come say hello.”
I tell the guys I’ll be back and follow Cabe across the bar. We cut through the crowd to a table near the dance floor, where Bryce and Caison are sitting, both of them watching the girls dance with identical expressions—loving, amused, a little wary.
I take a seat beside Caison. “Didn’t expect to see you here.”
He chuckles. “Didn’t expect to be, honestly.”
I glance toward the dance floor. “Matty feeling better?”
He hesitates. “I guess so.”
Right on cue, Matty appears, stepping off the dance floor. She plops into the chair beside Caison, draping an arm across his chest.
“I think I’m ready to go home,” she declares. “And go to bed.”
Cabe snickers. “You two are already acting like an old married couple.”
Matty sticks her tongue out at him, and then her eyes land on me.
“What the hell are you doing here?” she asks.
I grin. “Good to see you too, Matty. Got your color back.”
She squints at me. “You’re irritating.”
